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Weight converter

Pounds to kilograms, ounces to grams, stone to pounds - plus troy units for precious metals - all from the exact legal definition of the pound, not an approximation.

Common weight conversions

FromEquals
1 pound0.45359237 kg
1 kilogram2.204622622 lb
1 ounce28.34952313 g
1 gram0.03527396195 oz
1 stone6.35029318 kg
1 ton (us short)907.18474 kg
1 tonne (metric)2204.622622 lb
1 ounce (troy)31.1034768 g

Every value in this table is computed by the same conversion engine as the tool above - not typed in by hand - so the tool and the table can never disagree.

The pound is exact - here's why

The same 1959 international agreement that fixed the inch also defined the avoirdupois pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms. Every ounce (1/16 lb), stone (14 lb), US short ton (2,000 lb), and UK long ton (2,240 lb) follows exactly from it. The grain - the oldest unit in the system - is defined as 1/7000 of a pound, and it's the one unit shared between the everyday (avoirdupois) system and the troy system used for precious metals.

Troy vs. everyday ounces - they're different

A troy ounce (used for gold and silver prices) is 480 grains ≈ 31.103 g, while the everyday avoirdupois ounce is 437.5 grains ≈ 28.350 g - so a troy ounce is about 10% heavier, even though a troy pound (12 troy oz) is lighter than a regular pound (16 oz). This converter includes both systems, plus the slug - the engineering mass unit defined so that 1 pound-force accelerates it at 1 ft/s². Strictly speaking, all of these are units of mass; "weight" in everyday speech means the same thing, which is how this page uses it.

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